Does polypharmacy increase the risk of mortality in older patients at the emergency department?
Polypharmacy in older ED patients is associated with increased mortality, though this relationship is complex and confounded by underlying comorbidity and frailty.
Polypharmacy is common in older patients at the ED. Polypharmacy, and especially excessive polypharmacy, is associated with an increased risk of mortality. The observed association is complex given the confounding effect of comorbidity and frailty.
Dam et al. (Mon,) studied this question.
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